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Image description: a leaf holding a cityscape, and the word nature, with the BSHR logo on a white background. In this student spotlight we’ve spoken to Calista Chong, the chairperson of BSHR, and Ernest, co-founder, to find out more about the publication. What is the Broad Street Humanities Review and why is it important? Calista: […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Grace Blakeley against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Grace Blakeley: Alumni Series’ To start off our Alumni series, I was very excited to speak to Grace Blakeley, a former PPE student at my own college, St Peter’s. A prominent figure on the left in […]
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Image description: the letters TSHA against a white background with the words Turl Street Homeless Action by the side The Oxford Student spoke to Bethan Adams, the president of Turl Street Homeless Action, about the organisation’s work in helping the rough sleeper population around Oxford. What is Turl Street Homeless Action, and why is it […]
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Image description: A blue background with a yellow logo: Jacari. Time to teach The Oxford Student spoke to both Freya Turner, Lead Coordinator for Jacari in Oxford, and Nailah Ranjan, student co-President, about the charity, and their upcoming 65th Anniversary. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of educational inequality had already been strongly felt […]
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Image Description: Graphic of students protesting with Danni Watts pictured. Reads ‘In conversation with Danni Watts’ I first knew Danni through her work with Tabou Disability Magazine, which she founded in 2020 to highlight the experiences of disabled individuals, especially those at university. Danni is currently a third year Law student at St Hugh’s college, […]
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Image Description: Logo of view of the Oxford Radcam and surrounding monuments reading ‘Alumni Series’ The Oxford Student profile Section is proud to announce our Oxford Alumni series! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Oxford Student we are talking to a series of alumni as they reflect on their university days and what they’ve […]
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We spoke to Nicky Crompton, co-president of OxFID, about the forum, and their upcoming conference. What is OxFID? The Oxford Forum for International Development is an annual student-led conference which has been running since 2008. It aims to bring together a wide range of speakers and attendees to engage on some of the most pressing […]
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Image description: A view over Oxford from South Park, with the student spotlight logo overlayed. The Oxford Student is delighted to announce our new Student Spotlight series! Each week, we will be publishing interviews with different student societies and charities – looking at their aims, activities, and how you can get involved. We are excited […]
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Welcome to Editor’s Pidge, the personal pigeonhole of OxStu’s editors. Here, we accept all your comments and concerns about our articles over the course of the week and offer our reply. This week, we have an interesting reflection on a recent Pink article as well as … As always, please do get in touch to […]
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Image description: A letter with the oxstu logo being placed into a pigeon hole. By this point, it would probably be redundant to talk about how different term, and by extension OxStu, is going to be this Hilary. Instead, I want to let you all know about what I’m personally most excited for over the […]
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Image Description: Serene Singh wearing a red floor-length dress and a silver crown on her head; around her shoulder is a sash with the title ‘National All-American Miss’, and in her right arm she is holding a bouquet of white flowers. To end our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series, our final fantastic interviewee is Serene […]
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Image Description: Isabel Adomakoh Young wearing a pale green hat and baby blue shirt. Isabel Adomakoh Young joins our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series this week. An inspiring writer, actress and activist, a lot of her interests blossomed at the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate studying English. From there she has had her own […]
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Image description: Alexis McGivern smiling, wearing a green scarf and a black shirt In our final week of Michaelmas Term, our ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Alexis McGivern, an aspiring conservationist and 1 + 1 MBA student at the University of Oxford. Her passion for climate change has taken her to the International Union for Conservation […]
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Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. All applications consist of a written application and following this you may be called to an interview with the new Editors in Chief for Hilary Term, 2021, Robert and Issy. News Team applicants may also be required to send in an example […]
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Image Description: Kuli Kohli performing at the British Museum, 2019. Forming part of our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series is poet and creative writer, Kuli Kohli. I first came across her in a recent BBC article which described her story about the challenges that she has faced as a disabled woman and how her poetry […]
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Image Description: Matt Emmerson standing in front of a desert landscape This week our ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Matt Emmerson, a third-year medical student at Lincoln College. Alongside working hard in his studies, Matt has played an active role in his College and in the wider University. Formerly Lincoln JCR’s sports representative and a Lincoln […]
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Image Description: White text “The Oxford Union Presidential Candidates” on a dark blue background with a photo of Adam and a photo of Geneva. In the run-up to the Union elections tomorrow, Profile Editor Isaac Healey sat down with both candidates for President, Adam Roble and Geneva Roy, to find out their thoughts about, and […]
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Image Description: Professor Patricia Daley smiling, wearing a purple shirt To commemorate Black History Month and beyond, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student have been interviewing Black academics and students this to explore their personal experiences and learn about the important work that they do at the University of Oxford and beyond. Join us […]
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Image Description: Penny Ehrhardt This week’s ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Penny Ehrhardt, a Public Policy Consultant and a DPhil student in Law at the University of Oxford. Last year, Penny was shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards for being an inspiring champion and role model. While preparing my interview questions for her, I quickly […]
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